OECD Water Governance Principles on the local scale: Using mixed method in local water resources management review

Document Type : Research Paper

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Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, I. R. Iran

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to examine how the OECD water governance principles fit with actual water governance at the local scale. First, this paper will focus on using the OECD index as a benchmark for progress in implementing water governance relevant to the selected catchment area. Second, it specifically advances the OECD agenda to describe the experience of local water governance in Iran. Based on the main research objective, this study is considered an exploratory strategy. As it involves conducting a survey and qualitative study to gain deeper insight in to the research objective. Local elites come together and discuss how the lack of appropriate scale, lack of data and information sharing, lack of financing, mistrust and corruption cause water management problems over time. We expect that this study will inspire further analysis of water governance at the local level. We also expect that the approaches presented in this study will serve as a resource for developing further research on local water governance and supporting local water governance in order to develop frameworks for implementing the OECD principles at the local level.

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Article Title [Persian]

اصول حاکمیت آب OECD در مقیاس محلی: استفاده از روش ترکیبی در بررسی مدیریت منابع آب محلی

Authors [Persian]

  • حسن کاکاوند
  • فرحناز رستمی
  • مریم تاتار
گروه ترویج و آموزش کشاورزی، دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه رازی، کرمانشاه، ج.ا. ایران
Abstract [Persian]

هدف این مطالعه بررسی چگونگی تناسب اصول حاکمیت آب (OECD) با حاکمیت واقعی آب در مقیاس محلی است. در مرحله اول، این مقاله بر روی استفاده از شاخص OECD به عنوان معیار پیشرفت اجرای حکمرانی آب خوب مرتبط با حوضه آبریز انتخاب شده تمرکز خواهد کرد. ثانیاً، به طور خاص دستور کار OECD را برای توصیف تجربه حاکمیت حوضه محلی در ایران پیش می برد. بر اساس سوال اصلی تحقیق، این تحقیق به عنوان یک استراتژی اکتشافی شامل انجام نظرسنجی کمی - کیفی برای دستیابی به بینش بیشتر می باشد. نخبگان محلی گرد هم می آیند و بحث می کنند که چگونه نبود مقیاس مناسب، به اشتراک گذاری داده ها و اطلاعات، تامین مالی، و بی اعتمادی و فساد باعث از ضعف مدیریت آب در طول زمان می شود. ما امیدواریم که این مطالعه الهام بخش تجزیه و تحلیل بیشتر حاکمیت آب در سطح محلی باشد. ما همچنین انتظار داریم که رویکردهای ارائه شده در این مطالعه به عنوان منبعی برای توسعه تحقیقات بیشتر در مورد حاکمیت آب محلی فعلی و حمایت از حکمرانی آب محلی برای توسعه چارچوب‌هایی برای تسریع تلاش‌های آنها برای برآورده کردن اصل OECD عمل کند.

Keywords [Persian]

  • تأمین مالی آب
  • جمع آوری داده ها
  • فساد
  • مقیاس مناسب
  • نخبگان محلی
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